USI volleyball announces early signings

University of Southern Indiana Volleyball announced the addition of three players for the 2016 season. Signing national letters of intent to compete for Head Coach Leah Mercer’s Screaming Eagles is 5-foot-8 outside hitter/defensive specialist Mikaila Humphrey (Floyd Knobs, Indiana), 6-foot-0 right side hitter/middle blocker Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois), and 5-foot-10 outside hitter Lindsey Stose (Elkhart, Indiana).

Humphrey is currently a senior at Floyd Central High School in Floyd Knobs, Indiana, where she competed in basketball and volleyball.

A member of three straight regional championship teams at FCHS, Humphrey played club volleyball for the Kentucky-Indiana Volleyball Academy. Her teams won three Junior Volleyball Association titles and posted a pair of top-five finishes at AAU nationals during her club career, including a second-place showing in 2014.

Jung is currently a senior at Mascoutah High School in Mascoutah, Illinois, where has earned varsity letters in basketball and volleyball.

A two-time All-Mississippi Valley Conference honoree, Jung was named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Athlete of the Week this past November after racking up 20 kills and a .430 attacking percentage in three victories. She was a member of three conference championship teams and helped lead MHS to a third-place finish in the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Tournament this fall.

Jung played her club volleyball for the Southwestern Illinois Volleyball Club, where she was a member of a regional championship squad in 2015.

Stose is currently a senior at Jimtown High School in Elkhart, Indiana, where she has earned varsity letters in basketball, softball, track & field, and volleyball.

An All-State and All-Conference honoree as a senior in 2015, Stose racked up 327 kills, 284 digs, and 48 aces in 2015 after recording 220 kills, 194 digs, and 98 aces as a sophomore.

Stose played club volleyball for the Northern Indiana Volleyball Association Magic 18u team in 2014 and was the starting outside hitter for the NIVA Force 17u team that finished third at AAU Nationals in 2013.

“We are thrilled to add these three to our roster,” Mercer said. “They will add the depth to our offense we need to make a push for the tournament next year.”

USI finished the 2015 season with a 21-11 overall record and a 10-8 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.